High risk factors of diabetic foot and related nursing interventions (糖尿病足的高危因素分析及护理干预现状) by JI Congying (季聪颖)

“…It's also a major cause of disability and death. This paper summarized and outlined the risk factors, prevention points and nursing interventions for diabetic foot by literature review, in order to improve the quality of life of diabetic patients, enhance clinical care, and prevent the occurrence of diabetic foot. …”
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Application of the Prevention of Disease Concent in Traditional Chinese Medicine in Acupuncture Rehabilitation Treatment of Chronic Diseases： Take Vascular Dementia as an Example by LIU Cunzhi

“…The concept of rehabilitation prevention is one of the basic theories of rehabilitation medicine of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), early rehabilitation intervention will help to prevent or reduce the loss of function or disability of patients. This is similar to the theory of preventive treatment of disease in TCM and three-level prevention in modern preventive medicine. …”
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Treatment Tactics for Psychosis in Parkinson’s Disease: A Literature Review by Daiva Milmantienė

“… Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder which leads to a progressive disability. The loss of dopaminergic neurons and disturbances in their connections cause deficient signaling of dopamine circuits, which results in motor and non-motor symptoms. …”
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EFFECTIVENESS OF CLINICALLY SUPERVISED EXERCISE PROGRAM ASCOMPARED TO HOME BASED EXERCISE PROGRAM ON PAIN ANDDISABILITY IN KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS by Wahaj Sheikh

“… ABSTRACT The Objectives of this study was to compare the effectiveness of clinically supervised exercise program with home based exercise program on pain and disability in knee osteoarthritis. Individuals with pain full knee were enrolled from the OPD of IPM & R, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), Karachi. …”
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Health care utilization patterns of patients enrolled in an interdisciplinary program for back pain by Sara Davin, Psy.D., MPH, Brittany Lapin, PhD., MPH, Belinda Udeh, PhD, Sarah Rispinto, PhD, Nicolas R. Thompson, MS, Ryan Honomichl, PhD, Andre Machado, MD, Irene L. Katzan, MD

“…Background: Chronic low back pain is a costly condition and the leading cause of disability worldwide. A recent call to action identified the overuse of low-value health care as ineffective and potentially harmful in the context of back pain. …”
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Restorative Neurostimulation Therapy Compared to Optimal Medical Management: A Randomized Evaluation (RESTORE) for the Treatment of Chronic Mechanical Low Back Pain due to Multifid... by Frank Schwab, Nagy Mekhail, Kiran V. Patel, Meredith Langhorst, Robert D. Heros, Jonathan Gentile, Sherif Costandi, Gregory Moore, Christopher Gilmore, Smith Manion, Krishnan Chakravarthy, S. Craig Meyer, Justin V. Bundy, Jordan L. Tate, Rebecca Sanders, Sandeep Vaid, Oszkar Szentirmai, Johnathan Goree, Vikas V. Patel, Jeff Lehmen, Mehul J. Desai, Jason E. Pope, Anthony Giuffrida, Salim Hayek, Sohrab Singh Virk, Richard Paicius, William R. Klemme, Robert Levy, Christopher Gilligan, the RESTORE investigators

“…The primary endpoint was a statistically significant demonstration of a clinically relevant mean improvement in the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) between restorative neurostimulation and OMM arms: ODI (−19.7 ± 1.4 vs. −2.9 ± 1.4; p < 0.001). …”
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Application of Baduanjin qigong exercise for community-based group of elderly individuals with chronic nonspecific low back pain (中医气功八段锦干预社区老年慢性非特异性下腰痛患者的效果分析)... by LI Juan (栗娟), BAI Jianying (白建英), LI Jie (李洁), SHEN Yongqing (沈永青), QI Suwen (戚素文), FENG Huiling (冯会玲)

“…The primary and secondary outcomes measures of this trial were pain intensity and back functional disability. The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) questionnaires were used to obtain data, which were measured respectively before intervention and three months later. …”
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Staged lateral⁃posterior lumbar interbody fusion for degenerative spinal deformity by LIU Zhen‐lei, WANG Kai, LI Kang, ZHANG Lei, JIAN Feng‐zeng, WU Hao

“…Pain severity was assessed by Visual Analog Scales (VAS), and disability was evaluated by Oswestry Disability Index (ODI). …”
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A New Smartphone-Based Cognitive Screening Battery for Multiple Sclerosis (icognition): Validation Study by Stijn Denissen, Delphine Van Laethem, Johan Baijot, Lars Costers, Annabel Descamps, Ann Van Remoortel, Annick Van Merhaegen-Wieleman, Marie D’hooghe, Miguel D'Haeseleer, Dirk Smeets, Diana M Sima, Jeroen Van Schependom, Guy Nagels

“…For each icognition test, validity was established by the correlation with its paper-and-pencil equivalent (concurrent validity), the correlation and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) between baseline and follow-up testing (test-retest reliability), the difference between people with MS and healthy participants, and the correlation with other clinical parameters such as the Expanded Disability Status Scale. ResultsAll icognition tests correlated well with their paper-and-pencil equivalents (Symbol Test: r=0.67; P<.001; Dot Test: r=0.31; P=.002; vBDS: r=0.69; P<.001), negatively correlated with the Expanded Disability Status Scale (Symbol Test: ρ=–0.34; P<.001; Dot Test: ρ=−0.32; P=.003; vBDS: ρ=−0.21; P=.04), and showed moderate test-retest reliability (Symbol Test: ICC=0.74; r=0.85; P<.001; Dot Test: ICC=0.71; r=0.74; P<.001; vBDS: ICC=0.72; r=0.83; P<.001). …”
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Psychosocial factors are associated with community mobility and participation in persons with dizziness by Pamela M. Dunlap, Jeffrey P. Staab, Patrick J. Sparto, Patrick J. Sparto, Joseph M. Furman, Susan L. Whitney, Susan L. Whitney

“…Increased psychosocial comorbidity among people with dizziness is associated with disability and poorer outcomes in vestibular rehabilitation. …”
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Why Are There So Many Ways to Measure Pain? Epistemological and Professional Challenges in Medical Standardization by Hanna Grol-Prokopczyk

“…Many respond to the considerable challenge of treating pain intensity by redefining their work—sometimes in the face of resistance from patients—around other, putatively more treatable domains, such as disability. The diverse, arguably unstandardized approaches to measuring pain appear attributable less to pain’s epistemological fragility than to its therapeutic intractability, and to the medical community’s diffuse social structures and professional goals.…”
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Research progress of rehabilitation nursing for stroke patients (脑卒中康复护理研究进展) by WANG Li (王丽)

“…Therefore, it is imperative to reduce the disability rate following stroke by early rehabilitation intervention. …”
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Procedural Treatments for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Review of Current Injectable Therapies by Lisa M. Billesberger, Kyle M. Fisher, Yawar J. Qadri, Richard L. Boortz-Marx

“…In addition to pain and disability, osteoarthritis is associated with depression, comorbid conditions such as diabetes, and increased caregiver burden. …”
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Comparative role of affective–Cognitive behavior therapy and jacobson's progressive muscular relaxation in managing pain among patients with fibromyalgia by M T Lakshmi Saranya, R Sreehari, C B Mithun, P I Sangeetha

“…Background: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a rheumatologic disease that advances with chronic pain and disability and represents one of the most common causes of chronic and diffuse pain in the population. …”
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Branch Retinal Artery Occlusion after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention by Tommaso La Macchia, Remo Albiero, Tommaso Invernizzi, Giorgia Ceravolo, Ida Ceravolo

“…Patients and health care providers should be aware of any visual signs. Permanent visual disability can be prevented by immediate diagnosis and prompt intervention.…”
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Le harcèlement psychologique au travail : portrait des recours juridiques au Québec et des décisions rendues par la Commission des lésions professionnelles by Katherine Lippel

“…In 29.6% of the cases, the CLP accepted the claim for compensation, as compared to 52% of the claims for psychological disability attributable to workplace stress other than psychological harassment. …”
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GaitRec-Net: A Deep Neural Network for Gait Disorder Detection Using Ground Reaction Force by Chandrasen Pandey, Diptendu Sinha Roy, Ramesh Chandra Poonia, Ayman Altameem, Soumya Ranjan Nayak, Amit Verma, Abdul Khader Jilani Saudagar

“…Walking (gait) irregularities and abnormalities are predictors and symptoms of disorder and disability. In the past, elaborate video (camera-based) systems, pressure mats, or a mix of the two has been used in clinical settings to monitor and evaluate gait. …”
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The structure, process and outcomes of interprofessional care among knee osteoarthritis patients: a scoping review by Jessica Hiu Toon Lee, Mandy Ming Pui Kan, Arkers Kwan Ching Wong

“…Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a common chronic condition that leads to joint pain and disability among older adults. An interprofessional collaborative approach has nowadays been widely advocated in knee OA management although little is known about the characteristics of care, roles and responsibilities of healthcare providers and how they collaborate as a team to optimise treatment outcomes. …”
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Factors Affecting Patient Satisfaction with Complete Dentures by Yara Oweis, Nadia Ereifej, Ayah Al-Asmar, Abdaljaber Nedal

“…Gender also influenced patient satisfaction with complete dentures especially the part related to psychological and social disability. Conclusions. Results of this study will help in further understanding factors influencing patient satisfaction with their complete dentures.…”
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Exploring the perspectives of child health strategy stakeholders on resilience and well-being in children and youths in Singapore: A qualitative study by Yee Keow Chiong, Kee Seng Chia

“…The factors associated with resilience are homogeneous across studies, which are individual attributes such as self-regulation and problem-solving skills, relational attributes such as secure attachment relationships, and connections to school and community.4 This is relevant to the Singaporean context, as the Singapore Mental Health Study conducted from 2016 to 2018 revealed that 1 in 5 youths, aged between 18 and 34 years old have a mental disorder.5 Mental disorders were also reported to be the largest contributor to disease burden for Singaporeans aged 10 to 34 years old, peaking for 15 to 19 year-olds, for whom it represented 25.8% of total disability-adjusted life years (DALYs).5 In 2020, suicide is the leading cause of death for those aged 10 to 29 years old. …”
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